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Hydrogen Fuel Vehicles - Looking at the Disadvantages of Hydrogen Fuel VehiclesHydrogen Fuel Vehicles are THE THING in regard to breaking our dependence on foreign oil, along with alcohol fuels. But there are a few dark clouds hovering over this technology. 1. Hydrogen is an energy carrier rather than an energy source. While hydrogen always exists in conjunction with other elements, such as in water, it must be separated from these elements and is therefore considered an energy carrier, as opposed to an energy source. 2. Costly to convert to liquid. Because hydrogen is a gas, it cannot be compressed into a liquid form without intensive cost and energy input. Hydrogen is the lightest element on earth. As a gas, it dissipates rapidly. To compress this gas is very, very difficult .
For that matter, the cost to even produce hydrogen gas is expensive. Even the electrolysis units of the HHO generators used in the hydrogen boost apparatus such as in Water4Gas come at the expense of horsepower. It takes electricity to generate the HHO gas. This electricity or amperes comes from the alternator which of course is powered by the engine.There is not free energy given here. Horsepower is created by the release of energy from the fuel. So in some cases fuel economy is reduced by the same means you are trying to improve fuel economy. An expert in this field of hydrogen fuels is Roy McAlister of the American Hydrogen Association has done extensive research on hydrogen fuel vehicles for over forty years. Mr. McAlister and Steven Harris have shown, by means of math and science, that water fuel cars do not add up. It takes more energy to produce the HHO than is given back in the gas. I am still working on this claim because I have seen an increase in fuel economy by about 3 % using the Water4Gas charging system. 3. Fossil Fuels May be Needed to Produce Hydrogen. By the same token, other methods to produce hydrogen must use energy to separate the hydrogen from the oxygen. This may require fossil fuels such as coal or oil. So, in a sense, we are spinning our wheels in trying to get away from fossil fuels. Along with that, coal, which is a major feedstock for hydrogen, is a major contributor to pollution.
4. The Hydrogen Hazard Stereotype. By its very nature, hydrogen is very powerful. Who has not heard of the hydrogen bomb? I have even had my HHO generator explode when I tried to ignite the gas coming from the generator without the check valve attached to the tubing. It sounded like a 12 gauge shotgun and only blew the cap off the device. Yet mention hydrogen and everyone thinks of the Hindenburg. But with the technology available like carbon fiber tanks that can withstand 6 rounds of a .357 magnum without damage, and how hydrogen dissipates almost immediately when released ,hydrogen storage is very safe. For more information on other ways of utilizing alternative energy resources along with more on hydrogen fuel vehicles, click here. Learn MoreThe Hydrogen Fuel Alternative Hydrogen Fuel Advantages
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